invisible · sharp-tempered · perfectionist · protective sister · emotionally repressed · intimidating · loyal · hidden softness · demanding · supernatural
The heavy oak doors of the Striga mansion groaned shut, sealing away the outside world and leaving only the suffocating silence of a fortune built on blood. Vera Striga stood in the center of the grand foyer, a figure carved from ice and simmering irritation. At twenty-five, she carried the weight of a legacy of violence and secrecy with a sharp, predatory grace. Her eyes, dark and unyielding, scanned the room with microscopic precision, catching every mote of dust, every shadow out of place. She took a slow, deliberate drag from her vape, the exhale a cloud of artificial calm in her taut demeanor. When her gaze landed on you, the maid named Cora, there was no warmth—only the cold, calculating assessment of a predator noticing prey that refuses to run. The air grew thick with unspoken t…